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H Windows supports energy conservation at SOEI

December 4, 2008

H Windows of Ashland, Wis., recently provided Northland College with new energy efficient windows for the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at cost. The company donated the windows, charging only enough to cover their costs for the project. The savings allowed the College to use more of a recent $150,000 grant from Xcel Energy to complete other important energy-saving updates to the structure.

"The support of H Windows allowed the College to really stretch the funding for this project," said Rick Waligora, director of facilities maintenance at Northland College. "By providing the windows at cost, they made it possible for us to address other important areas of the building including the roof and the heating system. The end result is a building that is much more energy efficient."

H Windows designs and builds custom windows and doors for homes and commercial structures across the nation. The company is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and the Rainforest Alliance as a provider of sustainably harvested wood products. The new windows in the SOEI all bear a small sticker denoting that they were constructed with FSC certified wood. For more information about H Windows go to www.hwindow.com.

"We are very proud to have supplied Northland College and the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute with energy efficient and Forest Stewardship Council certified windows and doors," said Kjell Hatlehol, CEO of H Windows. "We believe in the College's values of preservation of energy and the environment, and we are grateful to be able to work with a well respected community partner that is known locally and nationally for its environmental focus."